Table 1.

Deallylative Primary Amidine Formation.

entry	amines [5.0 equiv]a	amidine products	yield [%]b
1		11 12	87
2			92
3		13 14 15	50
4			71
5			22
6		16	30
7		17 18	≥95
8			≥95

^aAll entries utilized ynamide 8a except in entry 8, Ph-substituted ynamide 8b was used. All reactions employed 5.0 mol % PdCl₂(PPh₃)₂, 1.0 equiv K₂CO₃, THF [conc = 0.05 M], 80 °C, 5–8 h.

^bIsolated yields.